On 2007-01-18 10:59:38 +0100, maximilian attems wrote: > On Thu, Jan 18, 2007 at 03:25:03AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > I upgraded the kernel from 2.6.17-1 to 2.6.18-3 and I no longer get > > sound on my PowerBook G4 (PowerBook3,2). I tried with both ogg123 > > and VLC, both with the speakers and the headphones. Setting the > > volume to the maximum didn't change anything. > > > > I'm using the OSS driver since ALSA has never worked. I don't get > > any error: the output on the screen is normal, i.e. the audio file > > is really played. But I don't get any sound. > > > > I didn't have such a problem with the previous kernels. > > 2.6.18 has a newer sound ppc infrastructure, > did you run alsaconf?
As said on <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=381658>, alsaconf was for 2.4, and I had problems with it (reported in this cited bug). Then, what's the status of alsaconf now? Also, FYI: ay:~> lsmod | egrep 'snd|sound' snd_pcm_oss 52032 0 snd_mixer_oss 20704 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_powermac 48188 0 snd_pcm 91396 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_powermac snd_seq_oss 40084 0 snd_seq_midi_event 8160 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 60456 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 26500 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 9708 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd 65908 8 snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_powermac,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device snd_page_alloc 11304 1 snd_pcm dmasound_pmac 83824 1 dmasound_core 22160 2 dmasound_pmac soundcore 11204 3 snd,dmasound_core A new snd-aoa driver was mentioned in bug 381658, but I couldn't find a NEWS file in /usr/share/doc/linux-image-2.6.18-3-powerpc, so I don't know what's new and what changes are needed. > your question might get more attention on debian powerpc list although. Cc'ed to the debian-powerpc list. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
